On October 19th, Yang Zhenbin, Secretary of the Party Committee of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, visited the alumni enterprise Jiangsu United Water Science and Technology Co., Ltd., to understand the development of the company, exchange the concept of ecological civilization development and witness the signing of the strategic cooperation between United Water and the School of Environmental Science and Engineering of Shanghai Jiaotong University. Cheng Jiaojie, Director of the Development liaison office of Shanghai Jiaotong University, Mao Weiwei, director of the Office of the Alumni Association, Hu Weiwei, secretary of the Party Committee of the School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Zhao Yixin, vice dean, Yu Weijing, chairman and president of United Water (alumnus of Shanghai Jiaotong University in 1980), senior vice presidents Liu Meng, Chen Qiao and James Beeson attended the event.
On behalf of United Water Affairs, Yu Weijing extended a warm welcome to Secretary Yang Zhenbin and his entourage. Founded in 2003, United Water is a comprehensive water investment and operation group, whose business covers investment, construction and operation management in the fields of water intake, water supply, sewage treatment, reclaimed water reuse, water environment governance, etc., from the source of water to the tap, forming a complete industrial chain in the field of water affairs. At present, it has a total treatment capacity of 2.6 million cubic meters per day for water supply and sewage treatment operation projects, with a total service area of more than 2,700 square kilometers. The project is distributed in 15 cities in 9 provinces in China, with 25 operating companies, and 1 water supply operating company in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Yu Weijing said that United Water is just 18 years old this year, which means "adult". At the time of "adulthood", we can get the full support of our alma mater, and I believe that the future development of United Water will be better.
Yang Zhenbin pointed out that we should couple the development needs of alumni enterprises with the academic development of teachers at our alma mater to create a good ecology for our alma mater to help the development of alumni enterprises. The strategic cooperation between the School of Environment of Jiaotong University and United Water Affairs should set a new model of school-enterprise cooperation in some key technologies and core projects, and make new and greater contributions to environmental protection governance and green and high-quality development. Yang Zhenbin expressed his gratitude to United Water for establishing the United Water Scholarship at Shanghai Jiaotong University for seven consecutive years. He stressed that Mr. Yu Weijing, together with his wife Ms. Jin Yan (a 1985 alumnus of Shanghai Jiaotong University), generously donated funds to his alma mater to support the repair of the "Drinking Water Siyuan Monument" in Xuhui Campus, which embodies the spirit of Jiaotong University's motto of "Thinking of Drinking Water and Loving the Country and Honoring School".
Chen Qiao and Zhao Yixin signed a strategic cooperation agreement on behalf of both sides. United Water affairs and the School of Environmental Science and Engineering of Shanghai Jiaotong University will carry out in-depth cooperation in jointly building a joint research and development center, promoting the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, and carrying out talent training.
United Water has always attached great importance to cooperation with universities and other scientific research institutes, and the company will take this signing as an opportunity to build a cooperation platform, innovate cooperation mechanisms, continuously improve the level and level of cooperation, and promote the technological progress and high-quality development of the water industry.